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Tasco Auto Color Named 2023 PPG Platinum Distributor of The Year

March 18, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

PPG (NYSE: PPG) today announced that it has recognized Tasco Auto Color of Houston, Texas as its Automotive Refinish 2023 Platinum Distributor of the Year. The award recognizes distributors with exceptional service, loyalty, product knowledge and support as part of the PPG Platinum Distributor program. It is the third time Tasco Auto Color has received […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Awards, PBE Distributor, PPG, Tasco Auto Color

Gil West Appointed CEO at Hertz

March 18, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTZ), a leading global rental car company, today announced that Gil West, former Chief Operating Officer of Delta Airlines and GM’s Cruise unit, will become Chief Executive Officer effective April 1, at which time he will join the Board. West will succeed Stephen Scherr, who has decided to step down […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Hertz, People

CARSTAR Car Crafters of Georgia Helps Train State’s High School Collision Repair SkillsUSA Gold Medal Winner

March 18, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

Dane Robbins not only learned new skills when he became an apprentice at CARSTAR Car Crafters in Blue Ridge, Ga., he found a career in collision repair and took home the state’s top honors – the gold medal — in the SkillsUSA Collision Repair Technology Competition. He will represent Georgia at the SkillsUSA National Competition […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: CARSTAR, Georgia, SkillsUSA

U.S. Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission Support Renewing and Expanding Copyright Exemptions for Automotive Right to Repair

March 15, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

Joint comment to U.S. Copyright Office supports renewal of existing exemptions and expanding exemption to include access to operational data needed to repair motor vehicles including telematics. The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have submitted a comment to the U.S. Copyright Office to advocate for regulations that would facilitate consumers’ and […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Auto Care Association, Copyright, DMCA, Federal Trade Commission, Non-OEM Parts, Regulations, Right to Repair, Telematics, U.S. DOJ

AASP/NJ NORTHEAST Trade Show Opens Today

March 15, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

47th Annual Trade Show this weekend in Secaucus, N.J. The 47th Annual NORTHEAST Automotive Services Show, sponsored by the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ), kicks off this afternoon. The NORTHEAST 2024 trade show opens at 5 p.m. today at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, N.J. The show runs through this […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AASP/NJ, New Jersey, Northeast Trade Show

Jon Farney Named to Succeed Michael Tipsord as CEO at State Farm

March 15, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

State Farm President Jon Farney has been selected as the company’s next Chief Executive Officer by the State Farm Mutual Board of Directors. Farney will formally begin his role on June 1. The announcement was shared this morning by Chairman and retiring CEO Michael Tipsord. “Jon and I have worked together for many years. I’ve […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: People, State Farm

Nissan and Honda Start Feasibility Study of Strategic Partnership on Vehicle Electrification and Intelligent Mobility to Reduce Accidents

March 15, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

Partnership aimed towards a future of electrified and intelligent mobility. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced that the two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding under which they will begin a feasibility study of a strategic partnership in the fields of vehicle electrification and intelligence. To further accelerate efforts toward […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, Crash Avoidance, Electric Vehicles, Honda, Nissan

AAA Survey Says Fear of Self-Driving Cars Persists as Industry Faces an Uncertain Future

March 15, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

According to AAA’s latest survey on autonomous vehicles, most U.S. drivers either express fear (66%) or uncertainty (25%) about fully self-driving vehicles – a fear that has not decreased since spiking last year. However, interest in semi-autonomous technologies such as Reverse Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) and Lane Keeping Assistance remains high. The results infer that […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AAA, Autonomous Vehicles

Tractable Alleges CCC Violates Antitrust Laws in Court Filing

March 14, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

Company says in counterclaim that CCC leverages its market share to limit choice in estimatics market in filing in 2018 lawsuit originally brought by CCC. Tractable accused CCC Intelligent Solutions (NASDAQ:CCCS) of violating federal antitrust laws in a court filing March 11, alleging that CCC is using its 85% market share of insurance claims processed in […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: CCC, Lawsuits, Tractable

Retired Memphis Auto Technician Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Counterfeit Airbags from China

March 14, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

A retired auto mechanic in Memphis, Tenn. pled guilty in federal court March 6 to trafficking counterfeit airbags and causing a dangerous good or forbidden explosive to be placed onto a commercial aircraft. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the guilty plea March 7. According to information presented in court, Mohammed Al-Abadi, 51, imported […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Counterfeit Airbags, Lawsuits, Tennessee, U.S. DOJ

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